DESCRIPTION :

Nowadays most people are familiar with payments using contactless cards, or even mobile phones.

But few know that just after Hong Kong's handover

to China in 1997, the city launched the world's first payment system using the then-new contactless smart technology.

Drawing on the author's inside knowledge, this is a definitive history of how the Octopus card emerged, and how it progressed to become the most successful transport-based payment card. Disappointments and mistakes along the way are detailed and comparisons are made with similar systems in Singapore, London, South Korea and Japan. Chapters on lessons learned and the prospects for cashless societies round out the book.

PRODUCT DETAILS :

ISBN : 9789887554639
BY (AUTHOR) Noble, Rob
PUBLISHER : Blacksmith Books	PUBLICATION DATE : August 2023
COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : Hong Kong	IMPRINT :
LANGUAGE : English	AGE : General
PRODUCT FORM : Hardcover

DIMENSION :140 × 216 mm
WEIGHT : 900g

PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes

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